Fence-post



SCOTT.

FENGE POST.

Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

(No Model.)

I INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

.EEVWUWEZWWE UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

LEGRAND SCOTT, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 296,632, dated April8, 1884.

Application filed December 3. 1883. (No model.)

To do whom it 71mg concern.-

Be it known that I, LEGRAND Soo'r'r, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFence-Posts;- and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in whichi Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved fence-post. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front View of a portion ofthe same; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section through line a: x in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention relates to that class of metallic fence-posts (moreparticularly adapted for barbed-wire fencing) in which the post isprovided with a pointed head at its lower end, to adapt it to be morereadily inserted into the ground, side flanges or wings adapted toassist in supporting the post in its vertical position, and slottedprojections provided with oblique slots through which the wire isinserted; and it consists in the improved construction of apost of theabove-described class, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

I prefer to make my improved fence-p0st of cast-iron, and of anysuitable dimensionssay from six to seven feet long if intended for sevenwires, and proportionally shorter if intended fora less number. Thelower end of the post is cast with a point or arrow-head, A, tofacilitate its insertion into the ground, and above this arrow-head thebase of the post is provided with side flanges or lateral.

wings, B B, the lower ends of which taper down to the stem 0, whichconnects the base or broadest part of the post with the arrowheadedpoint A. The body of the post Dis made tapering, and is provided with are-enforcing rib, E, extending from the base about half-way up thelength of the post, more or less. That part of the base between thewings B B has an aperture, F, for the insertion of a cross-bar, G, whenthe post is used in sand or soft soil, so as to steady the post and holdit in its proper position. If used in ordinary compact soil, this crossbar G will not be required. The front side or face of the post is castwith slotted projections H, adapted to receive the strands of round orflat wire, which are inserted into the slots I through the oblique slotsJ, cut through the projections H. Thus it will be seen that thefence-wire may readily be inserted through the oblique openings J intothe slots I when loose or slack; but when the wire is drawn taut it isimpossible for it to slip out through the oblique openings, so that theseveral strands of wire will be locked or fastened firmly to the postaslong as the fence is in use without any other means of fastening thanthose which are integral with the post. I am aware that metallicfence-posts have been heretofore constructed in which the post isprovided with a pointed head at its lower end to adapt it to be morereadily inserted into the ground, side flanges or Wings adapted toassist in supporting the post in its vertical position, and slottedprojections provided with oblique slots through which the wire is insorted, and I do not therefore claim such construction, broadly;- buthat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

The improved metallic fence-post herein shown and described, consistingof the tapering body D, having re-enforcing rib E, projections H,slotted at I and cut across obliquely at J, wings B, aperture F,tapering stem G, and arrow-head A, all in'one piece, and crossbar G,adapted to be inserted through the aperture F, substantially as and forthe purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEGRAND SCOTT. \Vitnesses:

FRANK GUTHRIE, JOHN D. Burns.

